First-Year Trips Come Roaring Back With Joy

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It was all there this weekend—all the energy that makes trips ... trips.

First-year trips looked a little different this year, but the spirit of adventure was palpable.

“This is the energy we’ve been looking forward to for a long while,” says trips coordinator Kellen Appleton ’20, who was student coordinator in 2020, when the pandemic shut trips down.

It was all there—the welcoming crew decked out in flair, dancing to the Salty Dog Rag, dinner at the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge, canoeing on the Connecticut—all the joy and excitement that makes trips … trips.

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Students dance in the rain as part of first year trips

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Students high-five each other during a game during first-year trips

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Students dance in the rain as part of first year trips

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Students laugh in the rain as part of first-year trips

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Students pose in a circle in the rain during first-year trips

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Students shucking corn
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Students paddle in a canoe on the Connecticut River

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Dartmouth students pose in front of the Connecticut River

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Students play chess during first-year trips

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Students walk the path near Dartmouth's Moosilauke Lodge

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Students eat dinner in Dartmouth's Moosilauke Lodge

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Students prepare dinner for first-year trips to Moosilauke Lodge

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Students place bowls on their heads to order more soup

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Students stand in Moosilauke Lodge with masks on

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Students put bowls on their heads to order more soup during the first-year trips

(Photo by Robert Gill)

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Students pose in front of Moosilauke Lodge

(Photo by Robert Gill)